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Récits de séjours, volontaires ou non, à l’asile
Committed: Stories About Stays in Psychiatric Facilities LongReads The experiences of those committed—voluntarily or not—to a psychiatric facility. From One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest to Nellie Bly’s 19th century expose to American Horror Story: Asylum, the “madhouse” occupies a weird space in America’s psyche, equal parts fascinating and feared. But the experiences of the patients and their caretakers are, obviously,…
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Theater Cellphone Woes Extend Offstage
Device use increasingly intrudes on rehearsals, auditions and backstage culture Wall Street Journal
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Philippe Couillard avait promis aux Québécois d’abolir les indemnités de départ des députés qui démissionnent.
Radio-Canada Les députés libéraux Gilles Ouimet et Marguerite Blais, qui viennent d’annoncer leur départ de la politique, toucheront leur allocation de transition.
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Une lectrice nous signale cette vidéo de Motherboard (17.17) : The New Mass Extinction : There’s A Pipeline Ready To Burst Under The Great Lakes
À voir sur Motherboard Beneath the Great Lakes, there is a ticking time bomb that threatens one-fifth of the world’s fresh surface water. That time bomb comes in the form of a pipeline owned by the Canadian company Enbridge. The pipeline known as “Line 5” is the subject of a new documentary produced by Motherboard/Vice….
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Is air conditioning a sexist plot?
Margaret Wente, The Globe and Mail Deep in the recesses of The Globe and Mail, my female boss and the letters editor are huddling together for warmth. One wears a sweater. One wears a big wool shawl. They clutch their coffee mugs for warmth. For backup, they have space heaters. It’s a sizzling day in…
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An emoji love story
by Cara Rose DeFabio and Animation Pedro Alvarez, Fusion
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Oubliez les liseuses : l’avenir du livre sera sur mobile
Signalé dans l’Obs / Rue89 Article complet dans le Wall Street Journal (en anglais)
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The Victims of Cameroon’s Breast Ironing Tradition
Vice “Having breasts was shameful. My grandmother noticed mine when I was 10. One night, she made me lie down on a bamboo bed by the fire. She pressed on me with a hot wooden spatula and tried to flatten them. Even now, I don’t want people to touch my chest.” – Jeannette, 28 years…
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